# 霓

| 霓 | U+9713, &#38675; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9713 |
| ← 霒 [U+9712] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 霔 → [U+9714] |

## Translingual
### Han character

霓 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹難山 (MBHXU), four-corner 1021$_7$, composition ⿱⻗兒)

#### Derived characters

* 𪝷, 𬰖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42332
* Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4067, character 16
* Unihan data for U+9713

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 掜 | *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 誽 | *rŋeː |
| 倪 | *ŋeː |
| 蜺 | *ŋeː, *ŋeː |
| 霓 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː |
| 郳 | *ŋeː |
| 齯 | *ŋeː |
| 婗 | *ŋeː |
| 輗 | *ŋeː |
| 棿 | *ŋeː |
| 猊 | *ŋeː |
| 麑 | *ŋeː |
| 貎 | *ŋeː |
| 鯢 | *ŋeː |
| 兒 | *ŋeː, *ŋje |
| 觬 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 堄 | *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs |
| 晲 | *ŋeːʔ |
| 睨 | *ŋeːs |
| 唲 | *ŋje |
| 隉 | *ŋeːd |
| 鶂 | *ŋeːɡ |
| 鬩 | *ɦŋeːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gê / nî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
*** Tâi-lô: gê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gee
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
*** Tâi-lô: nî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nii
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngej, ngejH, nget
Rime :
| Character | 霓 | 霓 | 霓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 齊 (39) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 五稽切 | 五計切 | 五結切 |
| Baxter | ngej | ngejH | nget |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋei/ | /ŋei$^H$/ | /ŋet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋei/ | /ŋei$^H$/ | /ŋet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɛi/ | /ŋɛi$^H$/ | /ŋɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɛj/ | /ŋɛj$^H$/ | /ŋɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋei/ | /ŋei$^H$/ | /ŋet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋiei/ | /ŋiei$^H$/ | /ŋiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋiei/ | /ŋiei$^H$/ | /ŋiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí | yì | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngai$^4$ | ngai$^6$ | jit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/, /*ŋeːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 霓 | 霓 | 霓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 2738 | 2756 | 2759 |
| Phonetic component | 兒 | 兒 | 兒 |
| Rime group | 支 | 支 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 倪 | 詣 | 齧 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋeː/ | /*ŋeːs/ | /*ŋeː/ |

### Definitions

霓
* secondary rainbow

#### See also

* 虹 (hóng)

#### Compounds

* 大旱雲霓 / 大旱云霓 (dàhànyúnní)
* 拂霓
* 氣吐虹霓 / 气吐虹霓
* 虹霓 (hóngní)
* 金霓
* 雲霓 / 云霓
* 雲霓之望 / 云霓之望
* 霓旌
* 霓虹 (níhóng)
* 霓虹燈 / 霓虹灯 (níhóngdēng)
* 霓裳 (nícháng)
* 霓裳羽衣 (Níchángyǔyī)

### References

* “霓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rainbow

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: げい (gei)
* Kun: にじ (niji)

#### Compounds

* 雲霓(うんげい) (ungei): clouds and rainbows
* 霓裳(げいしょう) (geishō)
* 霓裳羽衣(げいしょううい) (geishōui)
* 虹霓(こうげい) (kōgei), 虹蜺(こうげい) (kōgei): rainbow
* 大旱(たいかん)の雲霓(うんげい)を望(のぞ)むがごとし (taikan no ungei o nozomu ga gotoshi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 霓
* にじ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 霓 – see the following entry. :
| 【虹にじ】S | [noun] a rainbow |
(This term, 霓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 霓 (MC ngej|ngejH). Recorded as Middle Korean 예 (yey) (Yale: yey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 霓 (eumhun 무지개 예 (mujigae ye))
* hanja form of 예 (“rainbow”)
    Synonym: 虹 (홍 (hong))

#### Compounds

* 운예 (雲霓, unye)
* 홍예 (虹霓, hong'ye)
* 홍예문 (虹霓門, hong'yemun)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

霓 (nghê, nghi, nghé, mống)